Re: [LUG] Strange change to log on

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/03/2022 12:57, Mark Thurston wrote:
> Have you checked the CMOS battery on your motherboard?
>
> On 6 March 2022 11:29:18 GMT, Barnaby <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>     I have suddenly started to get some strange behaviour at log in
>     with my desk top computer.
>
>     I am informed ....
>
>     American Megatrends
>
>     BIOS 09/27/2018
>
>     H310M-ITX/oc uefi p3.10
>
>     Then I am told that UEFI defaults have been loaded.
>
>     Then I am invited to press F2 for the BIOS screen or F1 to continue.
>
>     So I press F1 and continue. But I have not made any changes to
>     anything to do with the BIOS or UEFI. I have no idea what this is
>     all about. (Luckily I have two laptops which are working well.)
>
>     If anyone can tell me what the hell is going on I will be very
>     grateful,
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Neil
The battery was my first guess too. How old is the PC? Has it been 
turned off at the wall for an extended period? That /would/ drain the 
battery as it retains the BIOS settings. Once the battery is flat it 
will lose all the settings, not be able to retain them, then - as it is 
doing - keep asking you for them at every boot. Does it keep asking you 
for the date? If that's always old too then it's almost certainly the 
CMOS battery.

Julian

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